SJGF Hospital Program
YOU can help bring sunshine
on a rainy day
Bring your group together to make a difference for local children and families facing medical crises.
SJGF Hospital Program provides parents and caregivers with care packages, comfort items and gift cards; and children with gifts that bring joy, comfort and fun. With the help of groups, volunteers & community partners, SJGF has provided thousands of care packages to families on their hardest days at over ten hospital partners across VA, WV, DC and MD.
Whether you're planning a corporate volunteer project, a family gathering, a birthday celebration with friends, or a project in honor of someone special, you can turn time together into something that brings comfort, care, and sunshine to families on their hardest days.
Our Hospital Program gives companies, clubs, families and community groups a meaningful way to support families who have a child in the hospital.
Any group, regardless of size can show up for families facing the unimaginable.
HOW TO HELP:
Host an Event with your group!
Pack Parent Care Packages, create Sunshine Boxes, or make Blankets of Love for children and families in the hospital.
pack care packages
SJGF Care Packages deliver SUNSHINE on a Rainy Day to parents whose children have been admitted either unexpectedly or due to a serious medical crisis or illness. These care packages provide comfort & essentials to parents and caregivers who cannot leave their child’s side.
How You Can Help:
Host an event that gives back! Collect recommended items like toiletries, snacks & comfort items and pack tote bags your group. We provide the instructions and the tote bags, and your group fills them with love!
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create sunshine boxes
Your group fills a yellow box with sunshine and fun! Collect new fidget toys, crayons, coloring books, activities, games, stickers and more! A list of recommended items and instructions will be provided.
Kids helping Kids: Are you planning this service project for a group of kids? Ask us about how your kids can "craft sunshine"!
How You Can Help:
Host an event that gives back! Collect recommended items & pack yellow sunshine boxes with your group.
make blankets of love
This project is perfect for all ages! SJGF will provide instructions & links to No-Sew Kits, enabling your group to easily purchase the necessary materials.
How You Can Help:
Host a Blanket Making party: Pick a date, rally your group & decide how many blankets you will make! SJGF will guide you through the process from start to finish!
When reaching out, please make sure to pick either Virginia or West Virginia, as we serve families in both states.
Our Community Volunteer Events are open to volunteers of all ages. SJGF provides all the material needed for making the no-sew blankets! Sign up and we'll invite you to the next event!
Community Event Locations
📍 Hilton Garden Inn – Haymarket, VA
📍 Sleepy Hollow Golf Club – Hurricane, WV
Perfect For:
• Kids earning volunteer hours
• Families serving together
• Individuals looking to give back
• Volunteers of all ages
Be a Sponsor
We're looking for sponsors for our Virginia and West Virginia Community Volunteer Events!
For a $500 sponsorship, your business or family will help cover the supplies needed to bring community volunteers together to create comfort items for children and families in the hospital.
Sponsors will be recognized at the event and on SJGF's social media, with their logo displayed at the event and online.
It's a meaningful way to support children and families facing medical crises while helping provide a free volunteer opportunity for your local community.
Email Sara@sweetjuliagrace.org to learn more!
Can't Host an Event? Join a Volunteer Event & Make Blankets with your Community!
Share A Meal
During difficult times, the simplest gestures often mean the most. Provide DoorDash, Uber Eats, or local restaurant gift cards to parents spending long days and nights at the hospital with their child.